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High and Low · Cineora

High and Low poster

AN AKIRA KUROSAWA FILM

High and Low

19632h 22mNRMovie

CrimeDramaMysteryThriller

IMDb8.4/ 10 · 74.1K votes

STARK, INTENSE DRAMA ALMOST BEYOND BELIEF!

A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.

Gritty
Tense
Suspenseful
Class
The underworld
Whodunit

Pace: Measured
Intensity: Intense
Complexity: Some focus

Good for watching alone and talking about after. Contains a child in peril and drug use.

DirectorAkira Kurosawa

FormatFeature film

TMDB8.4 / 10

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The people behind the story

Top cast

Toshirō MifuneKingo Gondo

Tatsuya NakadaiChief Detective Tokura

Kyōko KagawaReiko Gondo

Tatsuya MihashiKawanishi, Gondo's secretary

Isao KimuraDetective Arai

Kenjirō IshiyamaChief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi

Takeshi KatōDetective Nakao

Takashi ShimuraChief of Investigation Section

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